Baling-press.



PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.

P. G. SOUTHWIGK. BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1904.

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P. O. SOUTHWIGK.

BALING PRESS.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 23, 1904.

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iii-w UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT OEEIcE.

BALlNG-PRESS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 792,359,dated June 13, 1905.

Application January 23. Serial N0.

To all 1071/0121 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PLIN G. SOUTHWIOK, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Sandwich, county of Dekalb, and State of Illinois.have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses, ofwhich the following is a specification and which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to that type of baling-presses for operating uponhay and like material in which there is provided a chest having a topfeed-opening for receiving the material and in connection with whichthere are used division or spacing blocks for separating the bales asthey are formed.

The invention relates particularly to means for introducing the blocksinto the feed-opening; and it consists of the mechanism hereinafterdescribed and claimed and which isillustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a detail side elevation of abaling-press of the type referred to, the details of the operatingmechanism, however, being omitted. Fig. 2 is a detail plan of the chestof the press, and Fig. 3 shows the block-carrier in perspective.

The body or chest of the press is indicated at 10 and has the upperlongitudinal side rails 11 12' The usual oscillating feederis shown at13 for forcing the charge down into the feed-opening Z, and thedivision-blocks are shown at 1 1,0ne within the compression-chamber ofthe press and located between a completed bale X and a forming bale Yand one lixed within the block-carrier, so that it may be dropped withinthe feed-opening Z when required.

Brackets 15 15 are fixed one at each side of the chest and secured tothe top rails 11 12, these brackets being alike and each having avertical socket for receiving the shaft 16, upon which the hinge-plates17 of the carrier 18 may be journaled. To the face of the carrier thereis attached a pair of Z-plates 19 20, these plates being positioned oneadjacent to each side edge of the carrier, and their outer flangesproject inwardly or toward each other, thereby forming ways forreceiving the block 14.

A platform 21 is mounted on top of the chest of the press adjacent tothe feed-opening Z, the width of this platform being substantiallyidentical with that of the chest, and extension-blocks 22 23 projectlaterally as to the chest, their upper faces being flush with the top ofthe platform, these blocks serving as supports for the block 14 whenheld in the ways of the carrier, the carrier being swung to the side ofthe press.

In order to drop the block 14: into the feedopening, the carrier isswung forwardly across the platform 21 until the block is carried beyondits edge and over the feed-opening, when it drops by gravity. Should thefall of the block be resisted by the material within the chest, it isforced downwardly by means of a lug 24 upon the front end of the feederl3, and in order that this lug may not mutilate the carrier the latteris provided with a vertical recess 25, through which the lug maydescend.

The ways formed by the Z-plates 19 20 being open at the top and bottom,theoarrier is reversible from side to side of the press. As

shown, it is intended to fit loosely upon the shaft 16, and when it isdesired to shift the carrier from one side to the other of the press itis removed from the shaft, and the shaft is then transferred from theone bracket 15 to the other and secured within its socket, when thecarrier is overturned and its hinges again fitted upon the shaft. Thistransferring of the carrier from side to side of the press is importantfor the reason that the press may be fed from either side, and it isdesirable that the carrier should be located upon the opposite side fromthat upon which the operator stands in order that it may be out of hisway.

The brackets 15 are extended outwardly, as shown, and theextension-blocks 22 23 are employed in order that the carrier may beswung completely to the side of the press, so as not to interfere withthe feeding operation. When a block is to be dropped, the carrier isswung forwardly either by hand or by the use of a fork which theoperator will invariably have in his hand. After one block has beendropped the carrier is swung back to the side of the press, and anotherone may be inserted by an 5 attendant.

In order to prevent the dropper from swinging' too far forwardly, thehinge-plates 18 are provided with lugs 26, adapted to engage a stop-lug27, projecting outwardly from the IQ bracket 15.

I claim as my invention 1. In a baling-press, in combination, a chesthaving a top feed-opening, a platform adjacent the opening, ablock-carrier pivoted at the side of the chest and adjacent the aperture5 and platform and oscillating over the latter.

2. In a baling-press, in combination, a chest having a feed-opening; anoscillatory blockcarrier mounted on the chest adjacent the opening; anda track formed on top of the chest on 20 Which the block held by thecarrier may slide.

I PLIN G. SOUTHWIOK.

WVitnesses:

LoUIs K. GILLsoN, E. M. .KLA'roIinR.

